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Occupy the Airwaves is live Sundays at 10am on 103.3FM WXOJ-LP in Northampton,MA. The show is rebroadcast on Thursdays from 4 to 5pm. If you’re not from around the valley, you can stream online atwww.valleyfreeradio.org

You can get Occupy the Airwaves and other shows that podcast with Valley Free Radio right in your iTunes. Or just listen/download each show as you want at archive.org :

December 11, 2016 on OTA: Robert and Jenn Meeropol (granddaughter of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, who where tried, convicted, and executed on June 19,1953 for conspiracy to commit espionage by conspiring to pass secrets about the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union) & actor/director/author, John Hadden, on his recent memoir, Conversations with a Masked Man: My Father, The CIA, and Me.

May Day, 2016 on OTA: Springfield NO One Leaves (Sue Gamelli) and Cooperative Fund of New England (Dorian Gregory). Thanks to Dorian and Sue for joining us on the broadcast, and Kathy for taking pledges. Please distribute to supporters, family, friends, colleagues. -Best, Bob Gardner

Sunday, April 24, 2016 on OTA: Deb Kozikowski, Chief cook and bottle washer at the Voter ID Project… a collaborative voter protection program joins us along with Mica Reel of the Umass Fossil Fuel Divest group. Also reports on Kinder-Morgan decision to “suspend” the NED fracked gas pipeline project!

Sunday, February 28, 2016 on OTA: Dylan Lazero, Hub Coordinator and Field Organizer at Democracy Spring joins Paki to talk about “taking mass nonviolent action on a historic scale to save our democracy” and Cathy Kristofferson talking about pipeline opposition, her recent visit to Lynn to talk about their water supply, K-M cutting trees in Sandersfield, and the DPU pipeline tariff hearings!

Sunday, February 21, 2016 on OTA:Reed Schimmelfing, a leader of the local chapter of Represent Us is a national, non-partisan, grassroots movement to get big money influence out of government AND Marcello Federico, an activist with Western Mass Jobs with Justice.

Sunday, January 10, 2016 on OTA: Nancy Talanian, chair of the local No More Gitmos group about the demonstration planned for 3 pm Sunday Jan. 10th in front of Northampton City Hall. Also, Sara Weinberger, author of a widely discussed recent gun control column in the Daily Hampshire Gazette and Paki calls in from DC on Guantanamo

December 13, 015 on OTA: We had call-ins from Paki in Paris, and DO, just returned from Boston March, plus in studio with filmmaker Alex Leff, discussing his new film: In the Path of Resistance. In studio hosting were Jean Grossholtz, Chelsea Donaldson, Tyler Ingraham, and me, Bob G

November 1, 2015 on OTA: An election focused show, with Northampton candidates Ryan O’Donnell (city counsellor) and Elaine Reall, running for trustee of Forbes Library. We did deal with some critical issues this day, as they relate on the local level.

July 26, 2015 on OTA: Vietnam Vets, on Heart Healing, visiting Vietnam as part of the process. Other guests Irvine Sobelman and Cathy Kristoferson talk about upcoming FERC hearing (Wed. 7/29) in Greenfield!

No Fracked Gas in Mass! with Rosemary Wessel and Bruce Winn, President
of the Board of Berkshire Environmental Action Team join the OTA team
for a full hour on the horrendous Kinder Morgan/TGP fracked gas
pipeline proposed to go through the Berks and Franklin County here in
Massachusetts. Learn about the issue and the latest efforts to
confront this threat in the Valley, throughout the Commonwealth and
over the border in New York.

NOTE: this recording is incomplete, due to a “crash” of the IKey recorder during the interviews.

Occupy the Airwaves Show link for March 9, 2014 – Paki calls from Egypt, and d.o. calls from Leverett with report backs on International Womens Day in the Gaza Strip, and the New England proposed gas pipeline. Also, Garret Schenck joins the team, with a broad discussion of Ukraine and Crimea, as well as Occupy tactics.

Sunday, July 7 on OTA: Charmaine White Face, a member of the Oglala band of the Great Sioux Nation on another kind of Occupy. Matt Menezes on Climate SummerMA and the ride around The Valley, No fracking in WMASS! and more

Sunday, June 9 on OTA: Don Yellowman, Dine from the Navajo Nation, who devotes his life bringing health and hope to his people, their traditions and their very survival. It’s the dark side of Occupation, U.S.-style. Crystal of Searching for Occupy met Don in her travels out West. Paki calls in from the Left Forum in New York. Occupy news and more!

May 26, 2013 OTA with Amy Bookbinder on the removal of public benches in Northampton, MA. Vet activist Eric Waziliski on vet’s issues like health, the VA, economic justice and homelessness. OTA’s Jean on the March Against Monsanto and Crystal calls in Searching for Occupy.

Crystal of Searching for Occupy calls -in on her latest travels; The Nonotuck Affinity Group’s Andy Larkin, Donna Riley & Joan Sellers fill us in on their work; and reports back from the Washington DC climate crisis demo, plus more.

Sunday, November 4 OTA includes coverage of the situation on the ground in New York and New Jersey after Superstorm Sandy, and the activities of the Occupation movement there, under the banner of Occupy Sandy. Our guest on Sunday was Ira Shor, author of books and articles on critical pedagogy, and co-author, with Paolo Friere, of the renowned book A Pedagogy for Liberation: Dialogues on Transforming Education. Ira also offers his personal insight into the effects of the storm on communities in New Jersey and New York. Ira will be coming to speak at the School of Education, UMass. in support of dismissed educator Barbara Madeloni on November 17, 2012. Check out our blog for further details:

Sunday, October 21 OTA guest was Michele Hardesty, one of the organizers of the Hampshire Occupy Panel series entitled “Visions and Reflections.” We also had a call-in from regular Paki Wieland, just back from her trip with Code Pink to Pakistan to confront drone attacks.

Sunday, Oct.14 OTA with Aubretia Edick of OUR Walmart. Also reportbacks from the Springfield No One Leaves victory at stopping the Mendez eviction by Aurora Banksters and the SAGE Alliance banner drop.